January 2012 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

MINUTES
considered within the staff membership. Mrs Kinghorn advised that the impact of
the transfer of Community Services staff into the Trust had been reviewed and
had been built into the proposed allocation of staff governors from the various
areas. The Board was asked to comment on the proposed allocation of: Medical &
Dental staff – 1; Nursing and Midwifery 3; Other clinical staff – 3; Administration
and Management – 2; and Facilities and Ancillary – 2. It was suggested that the
allocations should be amended slightly to increase the allocation to the Medical &
Dental staff to 2 and to reduce the allocation from Other clinical staff to 2.
10 Progress with the Quality Governance Framework assessment Verbal
Miss Dhami reported that a meeting had been held with Deloitte LLP and one‐toone
interviews with Board members would commence shortly. It was also
reported that ward walkabouts would be undertaken in due course.
11 Organising for Excellence action plan update
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Mr Adler reported that some of the timescales within the plan had been reset,
including the establishment of the Organisational Development Steering Group in
January 2012 and the presentation of the Service Line Management strategy at
the meeting of the Trust Board on 26 January 2012.
Miss Barlow provided an update on the proposed support for the delivery of the
Transformation Plan.
12 Annual Priorities for 2012/13 Hard copy paper
Mr Sharon presented the latest iteration of the Trust’s Annual Priorities for
2012/13.
It was suggested that a standard around dementia care may need to be included
with the list, given the national focus on this aspect of care at present. Palliative
care within the Care Closer to Home was further suggested. Mr Seager proposed
that a priority be added around sustainability, which was approved. Mr Sharon
noted that this would then provide 17 annual priorities for delivery in 2012/13.
13 Matters for information
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The FT Programme Board received and noted the latest Monitor FT bulletin.
14 Any other business Verbal
Miss Sharma reported that the Aspirant Foundation Trust Assurance Framework
(AFTAF) would be launched from 1 January 2012 and that Deloitte had been
involved in the development of the concept.
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